Hayle. St Ives in the distance, circa 1860. West Cornwall

Hayle. St Ives in the distance, circa 1860. West Cornwall Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway (GWR). The boom time for the harbour and effectively the birth of the town came in the first half of the 19th century when Hayle became synonymous with mining-related industries and, above all, Harvey's. Harvey and Co. employed 1, 000 men and exported Cornish beam engines all over the world. Illustration by RT Pentreath for Views of Devonshire and Cornwall by Henry Besley. (Exeter, circa 1860). Engraving

Beam Besley Boom Devonshire Effectively Employed Exeter Exported Harveys Hayle Industries Ives Synonymous

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